2 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



The following species new to the Macro-lepidoptera of the 

 Islands have been added, viz. : — 



Sphinx convolvuli, Agrotis cursoria, Noctua glareosa, 



Hadena exulis, A. lucernea, N. xanthographa. 



These species, added to thirty-eight previously taken, raise the 

 total number to forty-four ascertained to inhabit the Shetlands ; 

 of this number but thirty-two species were taken in Unst, 

 including two butterflies, viz., Pyrameis carclui and Vanessa 

 atalanta. 



I am indebted to the kindness and courtesy of Mr. Clarence 

 E. Fry for the examination of the most remarkable specimens, 

 and for the opportunity of figuring them. Mr. McArthur has 

 also permitted me, with equal kindness, to examine the bulk of 

 the collection, for which purpose I visited him at Brighton. 



The following remarks I deem wortlry of putting on record : — 



Hepialus humuli var. hethlandica. — The varieties of this 

 species are more uniform in their markings and colouring than 

 those obtained farther south, most of the species being tawny, 

 with darker markings. The silvery males are rare, and never are 

 quite like the normal form of the species, the thorax being always 

 darker. 



H. velleda. — These are not so brightly coloured as those 

 captured on Mainland. 



Noctua /estiva. — A most beautiful series of this species was 

 captured, some of a very rich chestnut-colour, with well-defined 

 markings, as rich in colour as N. brunnea ; and others, of the 

 var. confiua, with the markings almost obsolete. Of these, three 

 varieties are figured, Nos. 8, 9, and 10. 



N. glareosa. — This is one of the gems of the collection ; the 

 ground colour of the upper wings, instead of the usual gray, is of 

 a rich dark brown, vide figure 1. 



N. xanthographa. — The specimens are mostly very dark, some 

 with the distinct yellow spots, from which the name is derived ; 

 and in others the reniform and orbicular stigmata are almost 

 obsolete. 



Hadena exulis. — Of this insect, so rare in Britain, few were 

 taken, but they are fine and large, and vary exceedingly ; the 

 yellow markings in some are verjr well-defined bands ; a reference 

 to the plate, Nos. 5, 6, 7, will show this peculiarity better than 

 the most elaborate description. This may be regarded as the 



